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Men and women who serve their country come home every day only to suffer from mild traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder. And now there is increasing evidence that there are even more-negative consequences to their time in the military: early signs of conditions that are...

A survey of several hundred veterans with mild brain injury, most coming in combat and from exposure to blast, shows that 60% reported suffering a neurological condition that involves exaggerated emotional responses such as crying or laughing. Read more here.

As the result of your effort and commitment to helping your fellow Veterans and us achieve our mission to help you, the VA has decided to open a satellite TRACTS site in Houston Texas. This is fantastic news for a couple of reasons. It has always been our vision that TRACTS would develop into a...

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Results of the DRCR.net Protocol T Study In the first clinical trial directly comparing three drugs most commonly used to treat diabetic macular edema, researchers found all were effective in improving vision and preventing vision loss. However, one drug, aflibercept, provided greater improvement...

Many among the newest war Veterans, like those before them, are struggling with a web of invisible wounds—beyond the physical scars of combat. Now, a VA research team in Boston has identified a particular combination of mental and behavioral conditions that appears to confer an extra-high risk of...

In the 2015 Annual Meeting of the the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO), HMS Ophthalmology faculty and trainees will present 255 abstracts, including 35 papers, 188 posters, 3 award lectures, 4 educational courses, 6 mini symposia, 8 special interest groups, 2 cross...

Veterans helping veterans to develop better care in treating PTSD.

Aubrey L. Gilbert ( Boston Children's Hospital/ Mass. Eye and Ear), a clinical fellow in pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus, received the 2015/2016 Fight for Sight (FFS)-North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society (NANOS) Research Award. This joint award from FFS and NANOS funds research for...

See below for a TRACTS/GNL/BALLAB list of Presentations. Formal schedules and abstracts are available at the INS Website. SYMPOSIA Gloucester Hall (Boston Marriott Copley Place). Symposium Title: Symposium 8. Deployment Trauma: Insights from the TRACTS Cohort on the Clinical, Cognitive, and...